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Shiro Kashiwa (October 24, 1912 – March 13, 1998) was an American lawyer and judge who was the first Attorney General of Hawaii to be appointed after it became a state in 1959. He served as a judge of the
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, then as a United States circuit judge of the
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in Washington, D.C. from 1982 to 1986. He was the first federal judge of Japanese-American descent, the first
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judge on the Federal Circuit and was a member of the
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sect of
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.


Education and career

Born in Kohala, Hawaii, Kashiwa received a
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degree from
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in 1935, and was a member of
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. He received a
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from
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in 1936. He was in private practice of law in
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, Hawaii from 1937 to 1959. He was the first state attorney general of Hawaii, from 1959 to 1963. He was in private practice of law in Honolulu from 1963 to 1969. He was an assistant United States attorney general of the Land and Natural Resources Division of the
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from 1969 to 1972. There he led the division's first suit against a thermal polluter, oversaw a major case against
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, and represented the government at the
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.


Federal judicial service

Kashiwa was nominated by President
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on November 30, 1971, to a seat on the
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vacated by Judge
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. He was confirmed by the
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on December 2, 1971, and received his commission on January 3, 1972. He was reassigned by
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on October 1, 1982, to the
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, to a new seat authorized by 96 Stat. 25. His service terminated on January 7, 1986, due to his retirement. Kashiwa died on March 13, 1998, in Honolulu.


See also

* List of Asian American jurists * List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States *
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FJC Bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kashiwa, Shiro 1912 births 1998 deaths 20th-century American judges American Buddhists American jurists of Japanese descent Hawaii Attorneys General Judges of the United States Court of Claims Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit United States Article I federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon United States Assistant Attorneys General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division University of Michigan Law School alumni